Member Dale1234
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Our excitement today was a bit smaller
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If you want them to be even happier make it a sand bottom with some branches for cover. Wire cages are really just about being as economical as you can while providing proper care. There are plenty of things you can do to make animals happier if you are willing to do the extra work and/or spend the money. My next layer pen I’m planning to do the whole floor as sand since that’s where they spend 90% of the time anyways. Growouts will still stay in wire cages though.
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I have 3 (2 hens and a roo) in my living room. The hens you can’t even hear unless you are in the room and the roo doesn’t crow often (few times a day). They aren’t noisy birds and make less noise than many “pet” birds. Though I could definitely see how having a bunch of roosters all the time could be too much I doubt anyone would even realize you had them if you just had a couple for breeding and some growing out for the freezer.
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Should add that I start my chicks in pine shavings but as soon as I add a sandbox it quickly replaces them playing in the shavings to the point it seems like a contest to see how many chicks can pile into the sand at the same time.
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Honestly I haven’t found anything they enjoy more than sand. They love dust bathing in it and pecking around in it. I guess it make sense as they are ground dwelling birds so foraging, dust bathing, and breeding are their driving behaviors. They are so messy with the sand but they seem to enjoy it so much I can’t bring myself to not keep refilling it lol.